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The structure of a resuscitation-promoting factor domain from Mycobacterium tuberculosis shows homology to lysozymes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Resuscitation-promoting factor (RPF) proteins reactivate stationary-phase cultures of (G+C)-rich Gram-positive bacteria including the causative agent of tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
AT Brunger   +27 more
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Toxin release mediated by the novel autolysin Cwp19 in Clostridium difficile

open access: yesMicrobial Cell, 2018
Clostridium difficile, also known as Clostriodioides difficile, is a Gram positive, spore-forming bacterium and a leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in nosocomial environments. The key virulence factors of this pathogen are two toxins, toxin
Imane El Meouche, Johann Peltier
doaj   +1 more source

Bacterial growth does require peptidoglycan hydrolases [PDF]

open access: yesMolecular Microbiology, 2012
SummaryMost bacteria surround their cytoplasmic membrane with a net‐like, elastic heteropolymer, the peptidoglycan sacculus, to protect themselves from bursting due to the turgor and to maintain cell shape. It has been assumed that growing bacteria require peptidoglycan hydrolases to open meshes in the peptidoglycan net allowing the insertion of the ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Bacteriophage virion-associated peptidoglycan hydrolases: potential new enzybiotics [PDF]

open access: yesCritical Reviews in Microbiology, 2012
Virion-associated peptidoglycan hydrolases (VAPGH) are phage-encoded lytic enzymes that locally degrade the peptidoglycan (PG) of the bacterial cell wall during infection. In contrast to endolysins, PGHs that mediate lysis of the host bacteria at the end of the lytic cycle to release of phage progeny, the action of VAPGHs generates a small hole through
Rodríguez, Lorena   +4 more
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The Effect of NAG–thiazoline on Morphology and Surface Hydrophobicity of Escherichia Coli [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The β-hexosaminidase inhibitor and structural analog of the putative oxazolium reaction intermediate of lytic transglycosylases, N-acetylglucosamine thiazoline (NAG–thiazoline), was synthesized in 46% overall yield and tested as an inhibitor of ...
Blackburn, Neil T.   +2 more
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Characterisation of the peptidoglycan hydrolases of Listeria monocytogenes EGD [PDF]

open access: yesFEMS Microbiology Letters, 2006
The peptidoglycan hydrolase profile of Listeria monocytogenes EGD has been characterised under a variety of environmental and physiological conditions, using renaturing sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The profiles show activities ranging from 29 to 186 kDa.
A M, McLaughlan, S J, Foster
openaire   +3 more sources

Bacteriophage-encoded virion-associated enzymes to overcome the carbohydrate barriers during the infection process [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Bacteriophages are bacterial viruses that infect the host after successful receptor recognition and adsorption to the cell surface. The irreversible adherence followed by genome material ejection into host cell cytoplasm must be preceded by the passage ...
Briers, Yves   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Zymogram Assay for the Detection of Peptidoglycan Hydrolases in Streptococcus mutans

open access: yesBio-Protocol, 2013
Peptidoglycan hydrolases or autolysins are enzymes capable of cleaving covalent bonds in bacterial peptidoglycan cell wall layer. They can participate in the cell division process, in the release of turnover products from peptidoglycan during cell growth,
Delphine Dufour, Céline Lévesque
doaj   +1 more source

Cell morphology maintenance in Bacillus subtilis through balanced peptidoglycan synthesis and hydrolysis

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2020
The peptidoglycan layer is responsible for maintaining bacterial cell shape and permitting cell division. Cell wall growth is facilitated by peptidoglycan synthases and hydrolases and is potentially modulated by components of the central carbon ...
Jad Sassine   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phage lytic proteins: Biotechnological applications beyond clinical antimicrobials [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Most bacteriophages encode two types of cell wall lytic proteins: endolysins (lysins) and virion-associated peptidoglycan hydrolases. Both enzymes have the ability to degrade the peptidoglycan of Gram-positive bacteria resulting in cell lysis when they ...
Donovan, David M.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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